Wear on the edges. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra books and media that have been on our shelfs for too long. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: "While the Western alphabet is fairly arbitrary, every Egyptian hieroglyph is a striking visual symbol of a central concept in ancient Egyptian culture. Hieroglyphs are also the best tools for getting deep into the mind-set of a society that's been lost to us for thousands of years." Egyptologist Barry Kemp explains the foundation of this ancient civilization by presenting one hundred hand-drawn hieroglyphs with short explanations of their meaning and history. In this guide, he takes us on a sweeping journey that reveals the everyday life of ancient Egyptians, as well as their larger worldview. Kemp decodes the symbols for physical objects like "sun," "serpent," and "chariot," as well as the glyphs for more abstract notions like "spirit," "sacred," and "eternity." Format: bargain_price